This is a collection of e-books, mostly (but not all) scholarly. E-books are accessed online; they are not physically located in our library, but we purchase the right to access them on the web.

E-books purchased by a library are different than individual purchases for your e-book reader because they are mounted on a server, available for viewing to a large number of readers. Libraries purchase access for their users. Software is used to provide a platform on which users can use e-books. ebrary is one of the platforms used to provide our e-books. (See other providers.)

With ebrary, you can

create an account for yourself,

select books to add to your "Bookshelf" for easy retrieval later,

make notes and highlight portions of your readings,

print or copy selections or pages.

Books are searchable through an advanced search by author, title, subject, full text, call number, key field, and more.

See the ebrary guide. There are other Help features available from the ebrary start page.

Collections

Trent purchases many individual e-books available through the ebrary platform; often with a single-user or 3-user limitation. (1,000+ titles)

The following major collections are also available thorugh ebrary, normally with unlimited simultaneous users.

Downloading

Many of these e-books can be downloaded to an e-book device, mobile device, or computer. Not all books can be downloaded; you'll be informed if the book you selected is not eligible. Generally, books with a single-user license are not downloadable. See the information sheet on downloading.

These e-books are not in a format compatible with Kindle.

Prerequisites:

You must have an ebrary bookshelf account. It's easy to create one using the "sign in" page - click "Create an account".

You must have Adobe Digital Editions (free software) installed on your computer. Use a computer to download, then sync your device to transfer.

Steps:

Sign in to your Bookshelf account.

Chose a book, and click the "download" button.

Choose the part (or all) of the book you want to download.

When the document is downloaded it will open in Adobe Digital Editions.

Printing

Trent's limit for printing from ebrary is 100 pages per session. However, many publishers have enforced their own limits. A session is usually determined by your browser; as long as your browser remains open, your session is still active. This is in place to avoid violation of copyright.

Ebrary software is also used on the Scholars Portal Books site, although it has a different look to it. There is some overlap of coverage on both sites. Scholars Portal Books provides access to e-book collections from: